One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

In the film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, there are a lot of different characters that are different and some however stand out.

One of the characters that I’ve had a scene was from Nurse Ratched. I think when Louise Fletcher portrayed the nurse in the move, her physical had this quiet, calm and yet a look that maybe she isn't that all nice. In her voice she has this way of calm yet being in control. 

For instance, when she was talking to Mr. Scanlon about why he was given his medication to Mr. Frederickson and when he didn't respond she asked again in the same way but in a different tone which has Mr. Scanlon nervous to say. I think that the Fletcher portrayed to character very well. 

This character is supposed to help the mentally ill but in her own way that she has her own way of helping that she doesn't want anything to change. Her physical and voice in the film had me scared just watching her, but also that she was trying to show to the audience that she was trying to help these people and not by torching them mentally. 

Fletcher’s portrayal of Ratched was retain throughout the film until near the end after McMurphy trying choking her to death that she came to a sense that she should be nice.  

Another character in the film that interested me was Billy Bibbit who was portrayed by Brad Dourif. Billy is portrayed in the film as a shy and quiet boy, who is in mental ward after he had attempted to commit suicide more than once and also that he stutters when he talks.

I think that what Dourif did gave us a scene that this is a kid who has some self-esteem issues and who

later comes out of his confront zone after McMurphy has been in the ward for some time. I think the scene that made the character was when Nurse Ratched was asking him what would his mother think if she told her what he did to Candy in the other room. 

He showed a lot of emotions in that scene. He went from being upset and begging Ratched not to tell then went from anger and a bit of rage, I think, when Washington was taking him to the Dr. Spivey’s office.

Another character in the film that I that gave me some interest was Randle McMurphy, who was portrayed by Jack Nicholson. Of course, McMurphy is one or should I say the main character in the story that goes into the ward to be evaluated to see if he is faking mental illness or not just to get out of jail and work. 

I think that the character that Nicholson played was someone up his alley. This character likes to act up, gets upset pretty much easily and that he makes inappropriate jokes now and again in a scene. I think that Nicholson had an effective sense of the character in the film. 

His portrayal of the character stand within the dramatic form of the story. He should his emotions where he needed and he should his humor side when sometimes there should have been or not. When he was with the group after learning that he was the only one being commented by the hospital and that the others were only there as volunteers, that they could go when they are ready. 

Nicholson should his emotions on how upset he was and thinking that everyone was playing him. I think that the character that Nicholson tried to create in the film that he retained it throughout the entire film.

It's personally one of my all time favorite movies. The depth in character and writing made this one of the classics for years and years to come.